{"author_link":"\/author\/vdz\/","author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","comments":[{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:49am","epoch":1367203440,"text":"Sorry about the frequent bugs (they can be fixed with restarts, but restarting every minute is very annoying). I'll see if I can get a v2 up later."},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:46pm","epoch":1367246460,"text":"Bugs squashed. Play v2 if you don't want to have to restart the game every other minute."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1367261700,"text":"This is the best game ever. I didn't see that this is a multiplayer game. You can chat with the creator in the game!"},{"author_name":"Toinane","author_uid":"23186","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1367263440,"text":"It's a good project :D A love this sort of game !"},{"author_name":"mushbuh","author_uid":"23002","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1367269560,"text":"This is amazing! I hope you get my note"},{"author_name":"hgouveia","author_uid":"15150","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1367276340,"text":"i didn't understand what to do, but i love the very retro style :D"},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1367277060,"text":"Very cool! This is a good take on the theme and I had fun adding to the world; I hope others do too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I had hoped for some kind of interaction other than a huge canvas. But I wish there were more games like this one. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>LOTS of bugs in the compo version!"},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:31am","epoch":1367310360,"text":"I really love these multiplayer world building games! I found the controls a little annoying (kept pressing right click by instinct from paint programs :p) but it's a damn cool idea :D"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1367347860,"text":"I love this idea. It's awesome.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish you could edit multiple tiles at once though.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also shamefully destroyed some text in the welcome box :P"},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:58am","epoch":1367394780,"text":"Great idea, though the theme was minimalism it would be nice if there was something more to do, not sure what though exactly..."},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1367524200,"text":"Nice game, well done! :D"},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1367615880,"text":"I've updated the post-LD version to v4.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>CHANGELOG:\r<br\/>-ADDED: You can now copy the tile at your cursor by pressing C.\r<br\/>-ADDED: You can now paste at your cursor by pressing V.\r<br\/>-ADDED: You can now change the color of the tile at your cursor by pressing B.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Simply put, copying\/pasting is now tons faster."},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 10:22am","epoch":1367835420,"text":"I loved this game 5 stars for everything but audio, humor and mood."},{"author_name":"Misael.K","author_uid":"12802","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:41am","epoch":1367901360,"text":"It's amazing how the users make this game. I found a whole world here."},{"author_name":"marnaouf","author_uid":"12107","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:22pm","epoch":1367936220,"text":"Really cool game."},{"author_name":"SuperlevelSebastian","author_uid":"23031","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1367949480,"text":"Sadly the game just crashes when I try to start it (without any special error message). :( (Win XP, 32-bit laptop here)"},{"author_name":"VDZ","author_uid":"7284","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1367962800,"text":"@SuperlevelSebastian\r<br\/>Do you have .NET Framework 4 and XNA 4 installed? The installers for them are included in the first link. Otherwise, it might be a case of your computer not meeting the minimum requirements for XNA (it just crashing instead of notifying the player when that happens is my fault), as XNA just refuses to run on machines without the proper specs (it's especially picky about video cards; an XP32 laptop's built-in video card is likely not good enough for XNA)."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1369019940,"text":"sadly this entry wont win -- but it probably should -- you have done something really brilliant here!"}],"images":["ld26\/7284-a70b77859cade6e66ee466e07ec1b670.jpg","ld26\/7284-0cd886554d38c7307620b8da62ebc67d.jpg","ld26\/7284-b23e83d35c39f3a98dd4623a476dd0cc.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/WorldOfMinimalismv1PlusXNANET.zip","text":"Download (including .NET\/XNA installers)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/WorldOfMinimalismv1.zip","text":"Download (normal)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.vdzserver.org\/misc\/WorldOfMinimalismv1.zip","text":"Mirror"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stack.nl\/~vdz\/misc\/WorldOfMinimalismv4.zip","text":"Post-LD version (v4)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.vdzserver.org\/wom\/","text":"Source (SVN; Visual Studio 2010, C#\/XNA)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26595","g_author":"7284","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26625","g_title":"World of Minimalism","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"135","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7284-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7284-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/7284-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"(Last updated on May 3rd, 2013; for judging, please use the original version (first three links). For normal playing, the newest version is strongly recommended due to bugs in the original version.) \r\n\r\n==================\r\nNOTE: If you can't move when you log in, but you do see tiles around you, that means somebody made the starter tile solid. Right-click at your position to edit it, and make it non-solid to move again.\r\n==================\r\n\r\nThis game has no gameplay.\r\nThe world is empty.\r\nThere is nothing to interact with.\r\nThere are no graphics except for the player character and a\r\nminimalistic interface.\r\n\r\nIt is up to you to turn this empty world into something.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nArrow keys and WASD - Move\r\nRight click - Edit\/close menu\r\nLeft click - Paint\/erase\/click button\/toggle checkbox\r\n1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Set zoom level\r\nF or Alt-Enter - Toggle fullscreen\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWorld of Minimalism is a Windows-only game using .NET 4 and XNA Framework 4. If you don't have those or are not sure, pick the large download. Alternatively, you can download them here: \r\n\r\n.NET Framework 4:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=17851\r\nXNA Framework 4:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=20914\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis game is public domain. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.<\/p>","title":"World of Minimalism"}